Flyboarding provides a ‘feeling like no other’

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard on Lake Travis. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard on Lake Travis. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

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Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard on Lake Travis. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard on Lake Travis. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

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Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

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Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard controlled by a throttle in his hand. The throttle controls the engine of the Jet-Ski below. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin does a backflip on a flyboard controlled by a throttle in his hand. The throttle controls the engine of the Jet-Ski below. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

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Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin takes off on a flyboard on Lake Travis. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin takes off on a flyboard on Lake Travis. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

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Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin takes off on a flyboard. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Damone Ripey of Aquafly Austin takes off on a flyboard. (Joshua Trudell / For the San Antonio Express-News)

Flyboarding provides a 'feeling like no other'

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By Joshua Trudell, For the Express-News

What’s a flyboard, you ask? A board and hose hooked up to a Jet Ski. A rider on the Jet Ski revs the engines, pushing water through the hose and out funnels attached to the board, lifting the rider into the air.